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The Marquis Hill Project at MoMA

By Adrien H. Tillmann
August 20, 2017
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Marquis Hill, a native of Chicago, is a highly skilled musician with a bent toward soulful post-bop. He holds degrees in music from Northern Illinois University and DePaul University. In 2014 he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition. He has performed with a wide array of artists, including

Marcus Miller

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Benny Golson

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Rodney Whitaker

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Joel Ross

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Jonathan Barber

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